This is a template for exporting edited highlight notes in Skim, a PDF annotation app for macOS, to a text file in markdown format.

To use (MacOS): download the file and add it to ~/Library/Application Support/Skim/Templates (create the folder if it does not already exist).

I customised this template for my own use. I wanted a way of adding simple text annotations to highlighted quotations in a PDF, then exporting the annotated text en-masse to my note-taking system on Roam. My current solution is Skim plus this template, plus a specific workflow that indents my annotations (see below).

When taking notes on PDFs, I only use the 'highlight' functionality. I then edit the highlight directly (double click the highlight text in the Notes pane on Skim to edit), and I add my annotation after adding line breaks and Markdown-style indents manually (use ALT+ENTER/TAB to add line breaks and indentations in Skin)

Teaching at Oxford is very different to most universities in the UK

Teaching at Oxford is very different to most universities in the UK

		- Here's example note number one.

My Skim notes on 'freshers_study_guide_2020.pdf'

p5, Teaching at Oxford is very different to most universities in the UK.

• Here's example note number one

p5, A study guide may also be provided by your Department or Faculty tailored to your subject needs: the Jesus College Freshers’ Study Guide is complementary to this information.

• Here's example note number two

p5, Each course at Oxford places a different emphasis on lectures, seminars, classes, practicals and individual teaching.

• Here's example note number three

Go to https://sourceforge.net/p/skim-app/wiki/Templates/ for more info and https://sourceforge.net/p/skim-app/wiki/Tips_and_Tricks/ for links to more templates.

This template is a modified verison of a template from https://github.com/semicolonsnet/skim-templates